Maggie's dead

John Major became leader almost purely on the say so of Mrs T, had she not backed him he was a none starter, he was selected for one reason to prevent Heseltine from getting in (which frankly would have been a disaster).   Major’s election victory was based almost entirely on the propaganda that he was following Mrs T’s line (something he failed to do) which brought about his defeat.   The 1997 election victory for Blair (as he admits) was based on the fact that he claimed to be her successor (incorrect but what can you expect from a used car salesman type).  Yet you claim no support for her? 

Once again it should be remembered that the electorate never rejected Mrs T then or now.

Corruption applied to virtually the whole of parliament as the expenses debacle showed (mostly on the left if I recall).

I wonder if Lloyd-Webber will donate the earning from the downloading of the Oz song to the conservative party, since he is a major contributor?  Let us be honest the left have never been that bright have they?

The funeral was very dignified and very very English, but since it was planned by Mrs T no real surprise.

The planned protests end as a bit of a damp squid, as the crowds kept up a dignified applause as she passed, drowning out the attempts at one point to boo and jeer by a small group.  To be fair the anti brigade were rather subdued.  Perhaps they realise that they are a very small minority and frankly looked foolish.

I must say her granddaughter has a knack for public speaking, wouldn’t it be cool if we one day saw a Thatcher in the Whitehouse?

The conservatives tended to lose to labour mainly because the vote was split between the Lib-Dems and other centre left candidates, little to do with the left having any appeal.  UKIP (centre right) while having no great support may drain enough votes to split the conservatives vote enabling labour to get in by default.  As Lynton Crosby puts it,   “divided parties don’t win elections”.

Blair and his “New Labour” was a deliberate attempt to move the labour party toward the centre and since it worked, obviously the “left” were marginalised.  Unfortunately for the country while Blair could get himself elected he actually had no real policies to speak of.   His chancellor for the first term simply followed the conservative line then sadly slipped in normal leftist ideas and the result was as in 1979 a bankrupted economy for the conservatives to sort out.  Like I said the left have never been that bright.

The conservatives will now be hoping that a wave of nostalgia for Mrs Thatcher will help them, as are UKIP so it may be counter productive.  Blair is warning the labour party they are slipping to the left again, making them unelectable.   Strange that the left tells everyone that Mrs T was universally hated, yet to get elected it would seem that you have to claim to be her successor. 

Let’s face it socialism in all its guises, failed in the last century.  It was shown to be undemocratic, and totalitarian.

In Britain labour closed more coalmines that the conservatives ever did even up to 2005, yet Mrs T gets the blame, but then the left are not that bright.